Études-Tableaux, Op. 39

Structure

• Allegro agitato in C minor — No. 1
• Lento assai in A minor — No. 2
• Allegro molto in F minor — No. 3
• Allegro assai in B minor — No. 4
• Appassionato in E minor — No. 5
• Allegro in A minor — No. 6
• Lento lugubre in C minor — No. 7
• Allegro moderato in D minor — No. 8
• Allegro moderato. Tempo di marcia in D major — No. 9

  Recordings

• Another recording of the Op. 39 Études-Tableaux is by Alexander Melnikov on the Harmonia Mundi label. Other works are the Op. 38 songs and the Variations on a Theme of Corelli.
• Rachmaninoff recorded Op. 39, No. 4, and Op. 39, No. 6.
• Evgeny Kissin recorded Nos. 1,2,4,5,6,9 on the RCA Victor Red Seal label, May 16 and 17, 1988, in Watford Town Hall. 7982-2-RC. The recording also includes the Piano Concerto No. 2, Opus 18, with the London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Conductor.

  Performances

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7WzWk75EM
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIGSG6e5T5E
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0Nodt-Jn-E